Streets Of New York - Alicia Keys (艾莉西亚·凯斯)/Nas/Rakim
Written by：Alicia Keys/Taneisha Smith/Nasir Jones/William Griffin/Eric Barrier/Chris Martin
Nasty yeah yeah
New York New York New York New York
Ayo black it's time again yeah yeah
New York New York New York New York
Yeah premier yeah yeah
New York New York New York New York
Ayo black it's time
If you kNew my streets
You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef
Who's snitchin' who told police
Who came home who's still gone who rest in peace
Now they killin' over music money not *** rap replaced it
Cause thugs with no brains got no patience
New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin'
Musician inflictin' composition of pain
I'm like saddam hussein
Still alive lookin' at his dead children's burnt remains
I birthed the game learnt you lames a New lesson
Your crew's soft man ya'll need some New weapons
The p's breed warriors in skullies and timmies
Around micks spics niggas and guineas
For my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink
But don't think we wastin our time
It's a New York state of mind
New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh
New York New York New York New York city gritty
It's like a jungle out here
So much struggle out here
And my dreams steal my rest
Sleep's the cousin of death
Always feels like a race against father time
In the streets of New York
New York state of mind New York state of mind
All I see is street hoes
And bullet holes in our people
Only crime fills the brain
Feels like I'm goin' insane
The revolution has to start don't waste no time
In the streets of New York
New York state of mind
C'mon
New York New York New York New York ohh
State of mind New York city
New York New York New York New York ohh
State of crime New York city
New York New York New York New York ohh
Big dreams New York city
New York New York New York New York ohh
Big schemes
Oh it's like the game
Just ain't the same
Baby thugs and girls
With no shame
Can't get away get away
Epidemic plague plague
Every hood in every state
Don't have no reasons cause believin's hard to find
In the streets of New York New York state of mind
In the streets of New York New York state of mind
In the streets of New York New York state of mind
In the streets of New York New York state of mind
I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin'
A lot of footsteps to follow I been steppin'
Mind stressin' tryna find direction crime spreadin'
Time precious I ain't have rest since 911
I live fast hustle like today is my last
I get cash the struggle's like a day on the ave
Crack D and raw gats squeezin off
Manhattan streets in awe from casualties of war
The eve of the apocalypse evil people in politics
Every block is at risk the metropolitan metropolis
The opposite of liza minnelli and frank sinatra
Alicia keys nas and ra the gangsta's opera
So New York city walk with me talk gritty
It's up to us New York it's our city
Here the man come with the anthem hands up
It's time the thrill is back New York let's stand up
New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh
New York New York New York New York city gritty
New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh
New York New York New York New York city gritty
Come on
